Peter Gladwin Primary School

Peter Gladwin Primary School is performing well, maintaining the standards established in its previous inspection. The school fosters a vibrant and inclusive environment, where pupils feel proud and develop a strong sense of responsibility as global citizens. The curriculum has been significantly improved, allowing for a broad and coherent education while also prioritizing early reading and writing. Nevertheless, there are areas where some pupils may struggle with gaps in their understanding, especially in mathematics and knowledge retention.

Strengths

• Pupils have impressive attitudes towards their learning and show kindness and consideration towards each other.
• The school has made significant improvements to its curriculum with clearly identified key knowledge.
• Staff are well-trained, confident, and skilled in their roles, positively impacting pupils' learning.
• Pupils, including those with SEND, gain extensive speaking skills through discussion opportunities.
• The ethos of equality and inclusion is very well established, contributing to a supportive learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not have enough opportunities to practice problem-solving and reasoning in mathematics.
• Occasionally, staff do not identify gaps in pupils' knowledge leading to misconceptions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Peter Gladwin Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.5% of pupils at Peter Gladwin Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Peter Gladwin Primary School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.9% of pupils at Peter Gladwin Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Peter Gladwin Primary School received £7,653 and spent £7,442 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £52,000 (£265 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Peter Gladwin Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peter Gladwin Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Peter Gladwin Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peter Gladwin Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Peter Gladwin Primary School have?

Peter Gladwin Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peter Gladwin Primary School cover?

Peter Gladwin Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Peter Gladwin Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peter Gladwin Primary School?

Peter Gladwin Primary School is at Drove Road, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 2PA.